Railway-rail fastener.



R. M. ANDERSON & O. A. BERRY.

RAILWAY RAIL FASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27. 914

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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- RALEIGH M. ANDERSON AND CARL A. BERRY, 0F BROOKFIELD, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-RAIL FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed June 27, 1914. Serial No. 847,696.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, RALEIGH M. ANDER- SON and CARL A. BERRY, citizens of the United States, residing at Brookfield, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Railway-Rail Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ra'ilway rail fasteners, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efliciency and utility of devices of this character. Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed fastener whereby railway rails are firmly united to metal ties, and adapted to be tightened in event of working loose without removing any of the parts.

lVith these and other objects in view the.

invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie with the rails shown thereon and in transverse section with the fastening devices applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a rail and an end elevation of the tie with the fastener applied. Fig. 4 represents detached perspective views of the fastening members. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of end cap for the tie.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device may be applied to metal ties of various forms which include in their make-up a flat upper face, and may be applied to the tubular form or to the T form, and it is not desired, therefore to limit the invention to any specific form of tie. but for the purpose of illustration the device is shown applied to a conventional tie of the T form and includes the upper flange member 10, the lower flange member 11 and the connecting web 12, the flange 11 being preferably wider than the flange 10.

At the ends of the tie the upper flange member 10 and the web 12 are cut away for a distance leaving the lower flange 11 projecting and these projecting portions are wise secured thereto.

bent up against the terminals of the portions 10 and 12 as shown at 25, to close the ends of the tie. The sides of the projecting portions 25 are also cut away at an angle as shown in F ig. 3 to conform to the narrow upper flange 10. i i

If preferred, metal caps, one of which is illustrated at 26 in Fig. 5, may be employed over the ends of the tie, and riveted or other- The caps may be of malleable iron, pressed steel, or other metal, as preferred.

In the improved device the upper flange of the tie which supports the rail, the latter belng represented conventionally at 13, is pierced with slots where the rails are to be supported, the slots for each rail being located upon opposite sides of the web 12 as shown. Each slot comprises a relatively narrow inner portion 14 and a relatively wide outer portion 15, the narrow portions being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of the flange of the rail.

The rail fastening devices are located within the slots 14-15, and as they are pre cisely alike the description of one will sufiice for both. Each rail fastener comprises a body or stock 16 having a laterally extended head 17 to bear over the flange of the rail. The stock 16 corresponds in width substantially with the larger portion 15 of the slot and is adapted to be inserted therethrough and is reduced next to the head 17, as represented at 18, to correspond to and enter the narrower portion 14 of the slot to bring the overhang portion 17 of the head over the flange of the rail as represented in Fig. 1.

In applying the member 16 the larger lower portion is first inserted through the larger portion of the slot 15 and thence moved longitudinally of the tie or toward the rail until the overhang 17 bears over the flange and the reduced portion 18 is seated in the narrow portion 11 of the slot. The lower terminal of the stock 16 is increased in width at the side opposite to the overhang 17 as represented at 19, and a transverse socket 20 formed between the enlargement 19 and the body of the stock 16. Bearing against the rear face of the stock 16 above the socket 20 is a locking key 21 preferably formed of soft steel or the like, which is slightly tapered or wedge-shaped and with an enlargement 22 at the lower end to engage in the socket 20. The member 21 corresponds in width to the portion .1617 and 19 of the holding member, and likewise corresponds in width to the larger portion 15 of the slot. Engaging in the larger portion 15 of the slot and. against the key member 21 is a wedge block 23 preferably enlarged at the upper end as shown at 24:, and adapted to firmly grip the holding member in position when driven into the slot. After the member 23-24= is driven home the upper end of the key 21 is bent over the portion 24 to lock the member 2324 in position, the enlargement 22. engaging in the socket 20 effectually preventing the displacement of the key, while the bent over upper end of the key effectually prevents the displacement of the member 23-24, and on the other hand the key member may be bent upwardly to release the member 2324 when the latter is to be removed. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that the rail holding members may-be readily adjusted to fit rails of varying widths andlikewise to tighten the holding member in event of its working loose. In the latter case it is only necessary to tap the head 24: of the wedge member to drive it further into the slot, and then strike the turned over portion of the key 21 a few blows to bend it tightly in engagement with the head 24: of the Wedge member. The overhang portion 2 1 of the holding wedge is constantly spaced from the upper face of the tie to permit a tamping bar or other implement to be inserted to enable the member 23 to be withdrawn, and when this disengaging tool is applied the upwardly applied force will automatically straighten the soft steel key 21 and enable the holding members to be detached, While at the same time the bentover portion of the key will effectually resist any accidental displacement of the member 2324 under the severe jars and strains to which the rails and ties are subjected by the impact of the rolling stock.

The parts are so constructed that a.considerable degree of movement is possible between the opposite sets of the holding devices to adapt them to rail flanges of varying widths and weights per yard without structural change in the fastening devices. Thus, it will be possible to change the weight of the rails of a roadbed without changing the ties or the fastening devices.

By providing a plurality of keys 21-22 of varying thicknesses and enlarging the slot 14-15 longitudinally of the tie, the improved device may be adapted to a great range in the sizes of the rails without other alteration in the structure. This is an portant advantage in the improved device and materially increases its efiiciency with: out material increase in expense.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: The combination with a railway tie'having a plurality of sockets reduced toward one end, a holding member adapted to engage a railway .rail and engaging in said tie socket, said holding member having a transverse socket and with channels engaging in the reducedportion of the tie socket,

'a key member engaging in the socket of the tie, and a locking member between said holding member and key, said locking member being enlarged to enter thesocket of the key and adapted to be bent over the same;

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures ,in presence of two witnesses.

RALEIGH M. ANDERSON.- [1 s.] CARL A. BERRY. [1,. s.] Witnesses:

H. W. CRAIG, ("1 I E. CoRmsH'. 

